Queen Beatrix has cataract surgery

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands on Thursday underwent cataract surgery in her right eye, the Dutch court announced in a brief statement on Friday. The surgery was succesful and the queen went home the same day.

"She is feeling well", a spokesperson for the Government Information Service (RVD) said. Queen Beatrix on Sunday is to attend the European Championships Dressage in Rotterdam, as previously planned.

Wikipedia adds: Cataract surgery is the removal of the natural lens of the eye (also called "crystalline lens") that has developed an opacification, which is referred to as a cataract. Following surgical removal of the natural lens, an artificial intraocular lens implant is inserted (eye surgeons say that the lens is "implanted").